The Shocking Story of Electricity
- ISBN-10
- 0746068131
- ISBN-13
- 9780746068137
- Category
- Electric power
- Pages
- 63
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Usborne Books
- Author
- Anna Claybourne
Description
Describes man's exploration of the nature of and usage of electricity, from ancient Greece to the present
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